Cultivator.



B. C. LUCKEY.

CULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION mu) AUG. 2, 1913.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

B0. Lumzv N PATENT BERT C. LUGKEY, OF LIBERTY, TEXAS, ASSIGNOB 0F ONE-TNEIIIIETH T0 F. SCHWANDT, 0Z5 LIBERTY, TEXAS.

CULTIVATQR.

Application filed August 2, 1313.

To all whom it may concern Be it'known that 1, Bear C. LUGKEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Liberty, in the county of Liberty and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new .and useful improvements in cultivating devices, and more particularly to a device known as a wceder, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a labor-saving device of this character for removing weeds, grass and the like from truck and farm lands.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device which, after engagement thereof with the ground, will leave the latter in a smooth condition, and which will thoroughly clean the ground, removing weeds and the like immediately adjacent the plants, without injuring the latter.

Still another object of the invention resides in providing a device which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and one which will be very efficient and useful in operation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section therethrough; and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective View of the stock, with the blade removed.

In describing my invention, I shall refer to the drawing in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which 1 indicates a beam, such as is used on a plow or the like, to the rear end of which is secured a pair of upwardly diverging arms 2, the free ends of the latter being designed to form handles 3. These arms are reinforced against spreading by a brace rod 4, adjacent the handle portions of the same, and said arms continue below the beam 1 in parall l relation to one another to form the extensions or stock 5. These extensions are connected with the beam by means of a Patented Feb. f5, 1916.

Serial No. 782,664.

bracing arm 6, and said extensions, or what if have termed a stock, is inclined forwardly or disposed at an acute angle with respect to the beam 1. Secured to the lower end of the stock 5 by means of bolts 7, is the shank 8 of a blade 9, the latter being of elongated type and disposed at an obtuse angle with respect to the shank. This blade may be of any desired length, according to the use to which the same is put, and is beveled to provide a sharp forward cutting edge 10. Blocks 11 and 12 are also secured to the lower portion of the stock 5 to brace the stock, and by reason of their spaced relation fo'm a channel for the passage of the bolts 7, by which the blade is secured in position, and as the lower bolt is in contact with the upper face of the lower block, and the upper bolt is in contact with the lower face of the upper block it will be obvious that it is impossible for the blade to move vertically upon the stock. Any form of draft securing appliance 13, may be attached to the front end of the beam.

This device may be driven over farms or truck lands to remove the weeds, grass and the like from the ground between the rows of plants. The depth to which the blade of the device is operated, is controlled entirely by the operator, and it will be seen that as the device is propelled, the weeds will be removed and the soil will be left smooth without turning the same. In actuating the device, the blade may be brought immediately adiacent to the plants without danger of injuring the latter.

From the foregoing description of the construction of my improved device, the operation thereof will be readily understood, and it will be seen that l have provided an improved cultivating device which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very efficient and useful in operation.

lVhile I have particularly described the elements best adapted to perform the funcions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is A cultivator of the class described, comprising a pair of handles secured to the beam and flared upwardly therefrom and in spaced parallelism below the beam; wooden blocks secured by transverse bolts in spaced relation between the lower extremities of the handles, and a transversely disposed, elongated cultivator blade having a shank engaging upon said blocks secured in posi tion by bolts passing through the shank of said blade and the space between the blocks, one of said bolts in contact with the upper chored against vertical movement, as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BERT C. LUCKEY. itnesses:

A. W. ABSHIER, PAUL N. SOLMANDT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

